Increasing human environmental footprint does not lead to biotic homogenization of forest bird communities in northern USA
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10015
Abstract: Abstract Studies have shown negative impacts of increased human pressures on biodiversity at local (alpha‐diversity) and regional (gamma‐diversity) scales. However, the diversity between local sites (beta‐diversity) has received less attention. This is an important shortcoming… read more here.
Keywords: biotic homogenization; diversity; bird communities; beta diversity ... See more keywords
A novel approach to understanding bird communities using informed diversity estimates at local and regional scales in northern California and southern Oregon
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5008
Abstract: Abstract Assessment and preservation of biodiversity has been a central theme of conservation biology since the discipline's inception. However, when diversity estimates are based purely on measures of presence–absence, or even abundance, they do not… read more here.
Keywords: diversity estimates; diversity; informed diversity; bird communities ... See more keywords
Effects of density, species interactions, and environmental stochasticity on the dynamics of British bird communities
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DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3731
Abstract: Abstract Our knowledge of the factors affecting species abundances is mainly based on time‐series analyses of a few well‐studied species at single or few localities, but we know little about whether results from such analyses… read more here.
Keywords: bird; environmental stochasticity; density; species interactions ... See more keywords
Diverse land-uses shape new bird communities in a changing rural region
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DOI: 10.1007/s10531-019-01833-5
Abstract: Rural landscape change as a consequence of human population growth is a major challenge for nature conservation in the twenty-first century. Rural regions are globally experiencing change driven by diverse factors, including agricultural intensification, new… read more here.
Keywords: land; land uses; bird communities; land use ... See more keywords
Temporal persistence of taxonomic and functional composition in bird communities of urban areas: an evaluation after a 6-year gap in data collection
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DOI: 10.1007/s11252-021-01132-4
Abstract: Urban areas tend to stabilize interannual variations of habitat structure and food resources for birds, thus inducing a temporal homogenization of bird composition. However, a comparison of long-term changes of taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic composition… read more here.
Keywords: composition bird; urban areas; bird communities; taxonomic functional ... See more keywords
Spatial patterns in habitat specialization of European bird communities
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.05.063
Abstract: Abstract The level of habitat specialization is informative in terms of animals’ population status and conservation concern. Therefore, identifying the areas where specialist species are aggregated and understanding the ecological constrains that might shape their… read more here.
Keywords: specialization european; habitat specialization; specialization; spatial patterns ... See more keywords
Seasonal variation in patch and landscape effects on forest bird communities in a lowland fragmented landscape
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2019.01.030
Abstract: Abstract In fragmented temperate landscapes, species responses to patch and landscape structures are likely to vary across seasons. However, few studies have examined the dynamic effects on biodiversity across seasons. We examined the effects of… read more here.
Keywords: landscape; forest bird; bird communities; patch ... See more keywords
The influence of building density on Neotropical bird communities found in small urban parks
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.05.009
Abstract: Abstract Urban green spaces provide a habitat for a wide variety of bird species. However, changes in characteristics of the surrounding urban morphology could influence the contribution of such green spaces. In particular, bird communities… read more here.
Keywords: urban parks; building; communities found; bird communities ... See more keywords
Bird populations and species lost to Late Quaternary environmental change and human impact in the Bahamas
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2013368117
Abstract: Significance Among the 90 resident species of landbirds known from Bahamian fossils, 62 species (69%) have different distributions today from in the recent past, ranging from single-island extirpations to global extinction. Placing the modern bird… read more here.
Keywords: today; human impact; bird; species lost ... See more keywords
Functional and phylogenetic structure of island bird communities
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DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12650
Abstract: Biodiversity change in anthropogenically transformed habitats is often nonrandom, yet the nature and importance of the different mechanisms shaping community structure are unclear. Here, we extend the classic Theory of Island Biogeography (TIB) to account… read more here.
Keywords: functional phylogenetic; community; bird communities; island ... See more keywords
The biotic interactions hypothesis partially explains bird species turnover along a lowland Neotropical precipitation gradient
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DOI: 10.1111/geb.13047
Abstract: AIM: We evaluated the influence of climate on the structure of bird communities along precipitation gradients. We hypothesize that mechanisms responsible for community turnover along precipitation gradients are similar to mechanisms operating along temperature and… read more here.
Keywords: precipitation gradient; community; precipitation; bird communities ... See more keywords